Smoker&#39;s pipe.



UNIT) STATES ATENT FFQE.

SMOKERS PIPE.

Application led October 16, 1908.

have invented certain new and useful Improvenients in Smokers Pipes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to new and useful improvements in smokerspipes, and

. more particularly to that type of pipe known as cbottom-draft, thatis, of that type in which the bowl is closed at the upper portion andprovided with an opening at the bottom portion through which the t- 'zbacco within the bowl may be ignited, and

through which the air is drawn during the smoking operation, means beingprovided for supporting the tobacco in the bowl.

I am aware of the fact that bottom-draft pipes are known in the art andin the trade, but would state that these prior art devices, while beingmore or less satisfactory from the stand'point of operation and use,have -not been acceptable to the trade and the public for a number ofreasons, the principal one being that the constructions involved havedetracted from the general appearance and attractiveness of the pipe, orso changed the same as to render the pipe clumsy or inconvenient in use.The objections stated are important as it is well known that in this artthe pipes are generally7 of well accepted conventional forms or designs,and that any marked departure therefrom greatly militates against theacceptability of the pipes by the trade and the smoking public.

It is, therefore, one of the principal objects of my invention toprovide a pipe of the bottom-draft type which will be extremely simplein construction, pleasing in appearance, and which by reason of itsconstruction will not depart radically from the designs generallyaccepted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pipe of the characterset forth in which the burning of the bowl, or the. discoloration of thesame by smoke when lighting the tobacco will be eifectually prevented.

To the ends above stated, the invention consists in the improved andsimpliiied construction to be fully described hereinafter, and thenovelty of which will be particularl'y pointed out and distinctlyclaimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the accompanyingdrawings to be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 457,985.

taken as a part of this specification, and wherein Figure l, is a viewin vertical longitudinal section showing a pipe embodying my invention.Fig. 2, is a view in side elevation. Fig. 3, is a bottom plan view. Fig.4, is a detail perspective of the tobacco support and closure for thebottom or draft opening of the bowl.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference: l designates thebowl of a pipe, which may be of any material suitable for the purposesfor which it is intended, and of any of the accepted designs. As shown,this bowl is of general cylindrical contour formed with a tobaccochamber 2 extending therethrough from end to end, and is provided withan integral stub-stem 3, and detachable mouth-piece il, said stem andmouth-piece being formed with longitudinal, alining and communicatingpassages (3, through which suction is created by the smoker in the usualmanner. The parts so far described are of well-known construction and asthey constitute in themselves, no part of my present invention, speciticdescription of the same is unnecessary.

Formed in the vertical wall of the bowl l is a vertically extendingpassage 7 with which the passage 5, above mentioned communicates, saidvertical passage opening at its upper end through the upper edge of thewall of the bowl, and at its lower end through the bottom of the pipe ata point adjacent the juncture of the bowl with the stub-stem 3.

Upon reference to the drawings, it will be noted that the tobaccochamber 2, extends entirely through the bowl l, and is open at both itsends, the upper end being closed by a removable cap S having a.depending, outwardly fared annular iange 9, which sets over and engagesthe upper tapered edge l0, of the bowl said cap being intended to holdthe position described while the pipe is in use and being readilyremovable when the bowl is to be replenished, or emptied of itscontents. It might be stated at this point, that the iare of the flangeS, of the cap, and the taper edge of the bowl are so formed, that whenthe cap is in position it will be held by the engagement of the saidflange and tapered portion, with its head at a distance above the upperedge of the pipe,

so that the upper end of the passage 7 will l not be closed under anycircumstances, and communication of the same with the tobacco and smokechamber will always be unobstructed.

As above stated, the tobacco chamber opens through the bottom ofthe pipebody, and improved and simplified means is provided for closing thisopening to hold the tobacco in the chamber, said means being formed tocover and protect the bottom of the pipe againstr being burned or smokedby the flame of a match when the tobacco is being ignited. This meansconsists of a perforated wall or diaphragm 11, conforming incircumference to the bore of the tobacco chamber' and adapted to beinserted in the latter for a distance above the bottom of the opening.This diaphragm is formed with a peripheral, depending, imperforateflange or wall 19', of a length sufficient to have its lower edge flushwith the outer bottom surface of the pipe, and arranged to fit againstthe inner face of the wall of the tobacco chamber.

Formed integral with the lower edge of the wall or flange 12 is aperipheral outwardly extending flange 13, designed, when the parts areassembled, to fit snugly against the bottom of the bowl to cover andprotect the same for a considerable area about the opening to the bottomof the pipe. The configuration of the flange 13 may be altered at willto suit the form of that part of the pipe bowl with which it engages. Inthe drawings the bottom of the bowl is illustrated as being rounded off,and the flange 13 is therefore curved upward to properly fit the same.

The diaphragm is supported in position in any suitable manner,preferably by a screw 14C let through the forward portion thereof andentering the body of the bowl, and by a second screw 15, passing throughthe air opening 15a in the rear portion of the flange 13, and enteringthe lower end of the passage-way 7 thus serving` not only to hold thediaphragm in place but also as a stopper or plug to close and open thelower end of said passage.

In use the pipe is manipulated and operated in a manner which I will nowdescribe The parts being in the relative positions shown in F ig. 1 ofthe drawings, the cover S, is removed and t-he tobacco is placed in thebowl from the open upper end of the latter and drops down onto and issupported by the perforated diaphragm 11. The cover or cap 8 is thenreplaced to close access to the bowl at the upper end thereof, and thetobacco may be ignited by an ordinary match fiame held beneath the loweropen end of the bowl where said flame may be drawn upwardly by suction,through the openings in the diaphragm to ignite the tobacco supportedthereon. During the light; ing operation, it will be seen that thebottom and adjacent parts of the bowl are protected from the flame andsmoke by the flange 13, and the inner portion of the bore of the bowl isprotected by the wall 12, forming part of the diaphragm structure. Uponcreating suction through the mouth piece in the usual manner as whensmoking, air is drawn up through the perforated diaphragm, and the smokelis drawn ofll the tobacco and passes upwardly toward the cap 8, andthence down through the upper end of the tube 7, and to the mouth of thesmoker through the stem of the pipe.

Upon reference to the drawings it will be noted that the diaphragm isarranged well up within the bore of the bowl, so that the smoker mayhandle the pipe in the usual manner without danger of having his handsColne in contact with the highly heated perforated diaphragm or theburning tobacco. It will also be seen that the passage 5 in thestub-stem of the pipe unites with the passage 7 at a point above thelower end portion of the latter, so that the part of the passage 7 belowthe passage 5, constitutes a catch-pocket for saliva and the othermoisture which may accumulate in the stein during continued use of thepipe. When it is necessary to cleanse this pocket, it is only necessaryto remove the screw 15 which opens said passage from end to end in amanner which is obvious.

Vhat I claim is In a smokers pipe, the combination of a bowl having achamber extending therethrough and open at both ends, and means forclosing the upper end thereof, a stempassage, and a passagecommunicating with said stem passage and terminating at a point adjacentthe upper end of the bowl, and opening into said chamber, of aperforated diaphragm within said chamber above the lower end thereof toprovide an ignition pocket below said diaphragm, said diaphragm havingan integral depending imperforate flange engaging the wall of theignition pocket and a protecting plate formed integral with said flange,and covering the outer surface of the pipe bowl surrounding said pocket,and. mea-ns for securing said diaphragm in position.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS JEFFERSON STOGKTON.

Witnesses C. E. Fox, H. F. PIERCE.

